diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 24fd3516dc..53e60d6627 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -1763,6 +1763,7 @@ sub singletest_check {
             if($leak) {
                 logmsg "\n** MEMORY FAILURE\n";
                 logmsg @memdata;
+                logmsg " $testnum: memory FAILED\n";
                 # timestamp test result verification end
                 $timevrfyend{$testnum} = Time::HiRes::time();
                 return -1;
@@ -1801,6 +1802,7 @@ sub singletest_check {
             if($allocs > $lim_allocs) {
                 logmsg "\n** TOO MANY ALLOCS\n";
                 logmsg "$lim_allocs allocations allowed, did $allocs\n";
+                logmsg " $testnum: allocs FAILED\n";
                 # timestamp test result verification end
                 $timevrfyend{$testnum} = Time::HiRes::time();
                 return -1;
@@ -1808,6 +1810,7 @@ sub singletest_check {
             if($max > $lim_max) {
                 logmsg "\n** TOO MUCH TOTAL ALLOCATION\n";
                 logmsg "$lim_max maximum allocation allowed, did $max\n";
+                logmsg " $testnum: allocsize FAILED\n";
                 # timestamp test result verification end
                 $timevrfyend{$testnum} = Time::HiRes::time();
                 return -1;
@@ -1826,7 +1829,7 @@ sub singletest_check {
             my $fname = shift @notexists;
             chomp $fname;
             if(-e $fname) {
-                logmsg "Found '$fname' when not supposed to exist.\n";
+                logmsg "ERROR: Found '$fname' when not supposed to exist.\n";
                 $err++;
             }
             elsif($verbose) {